r me. Good night, Mr
Palliser; good night."

Mr Palliser left him and went his way, feeling that he had no further
eloquence at his command. He shook Burgo's hand, and then walked
quickly down the hill. As he did so he passed, or would have passed
the man who had been dodging them.

"Misther, Misther!" said the man in a whisper.

"What do you want of me?" asked Mr Palliser, in French.

Then the man spoke in French, also. "Has he got any money? Have you
given him any money?"

"I have not given him any money," said Mr Palliser, not quite knowing
what he had better do or say under such circumstances.

"Then he will have a bad time with it," said the man. "And he might
have carried away two thousand francs just now! Dear, dear, dear! Has
he got any friends, sir?"

"Yes, he has friends. I do not know that I can assist him, or you."

"Fitzgerald;--his name is Fitzgerald?"

"Yes," said Mr Palliser; "his name is Fitzgerald."

"Ah! There are so many Fitzgeralds in England. Mr Fitzgerald,
London;--he has no other address?"

"If he had, and I knew it, I should not give it you without his
sanction."

"But what shall we do? How shall we act? Perhaps with his own hand he
will himself kill. For five weeks his pension he owes; yes, for five
weeks. And for wine, oh so much! There came through Baden a my lord,
and then, I think he got money. But he went and played. That was of
course. But; oh my G----! he might have carried away this night two
thousand francs; yes, two thousand francs!"

"Are you the hotelkeeper?"

"His friend, sir; only his friend. That is, I am the head
Commissionaire. I look after the gentlemen who sometimes are not
all--not all--" exactly what they should be, the commissioner
intended to explain; and Mr Palliser understood him although the
words were not quite spoken. The interview was ended by Mr Palliser
taking the name of the hotel, and promising to call before Mr
Fitzgerald should be up in the morning--a purposed visit, which we
need not regard as requiring any very early energy on Mr Palliser's
part, when we remember Burgo's own programme for the following day.

Lady Glencora received her husband that night with infinite anxiety,
and was by no means satisfied with what had been done. He described
to her as accurately as he could the nature of his interview with
Burgo, and he described to her also his other interview with the head
commissioner.

"He will; he will," said Lady Glencora; when s